2. P.Petr. III, which would appear later in 1905.
3. P.Hib. I, which would appear in 1906.
5. P.Tebt. II, which would appear in 1907.
6. This would be published as P.Tebt. II 268.
7. It appeared in 1907, in fact.
8. The so-called Entente Cordiale.
9. Presumably meaning "not yet weaned."
11. Presumably the metaphor is from angling.
14. Reference to Evaristo Breccia and Ernesto Schiaparelli. The German and Italian teams working in Hermopolis had been quarreling ever since 1903; see Morelli, D., and R. Pintaudi (edd.) (1983) Cinquant'anni di papirologia in Italia. Napoli: 77-81.
16. "Captain," i.e., their foreman.
19. Grenfell lectured for the Aberdeen Philosophical Society on November 17, 1904.